2007 The Redman

The Redman represents the finest fruit grown on the Redman family’s 40-year-old vineyards in the heart of Coonawarra. Each year we earmark the very best parcels of wine to blend together to produce just eight hogsheads (2400L) of this flagship wine.

The grapes were picked and fermented in static stainless and open concrete fermenters for seven days then half the wine was run off skins and transferred to new French oak hogsheads. After completion of fermentation in these barrels, the wine was racked off lees, the barrels rinsed and the wine returned. The remainder of the wine was transferred to two- and three-year-old French oak hogsheads after malolactic fermentation was complete. In November 2008, we rigorously selected the very best Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz wines, which were then judiciously blended and transferred back into oak.

The wine spent a further nine months in oak prior to being bottled in August 2009. The wine has been further matured in bottle prior to being released for sale. Only 200 dozen bottles of our flagship wine are produced.

TASTING NOTES:

Colour: medium-to-deep brick red.

Bouquet: aged characters of tobacco, cigar box, leather and earth.

Palate: fine structure, with soft tannin and acid backbone with intense fruit characters and hints of mint. The flavours persist into the long dry finish.

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Wine Specs

Vintage

2007

Appellation

Coonawarra

Harvest Date

October 1 - 28

Acid

0.54 g/100ml

pH

3.88

Aging

16.5 Months in French oak

Bottling Date

June

Residual Sugar

22.3

Alcohol %

14.0

Wine Profile

Vineyard Notes

We made its first Cabernet in 1999. It was the first wine to be on the cover and has been a real hit since. This wine is a terroir driven Cabernet from gravelly, alluvial soils; very much like the gravel beds. Hence, the best Cabernet came from the main vineyard, with lots of gravel, grown on a Bordeaux Clone. Our goal with this wine is to showcase not only the best, but our most terroir driven Cabernet.

Production Notes

Only 120 cases produced

Winemaker Notes

Ruby red in color with intense aromas of dried olives and blackberries with underlying mineral and tea-like hints of espresso. Powerful, dusty Cabernet flavors hit you along with concentrated blackberry fruit flavors on the palate. The finish is clean and has a purity to it that is framed with ripe tannins that rein in the fruit.

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